Naa Gbewaa (also known as Nedega or Kulu Gbagha) is the founder of the Kingdom of Dagbon, in what is now northern Ghana. His sons and daughters are credited...

has assumed a traditional, customary role. The kingdom was formed when Naa Gbewaa and his descendants unified the Dagomba and related peoples who were ruled...

Gbewaa Palace is the seat of the Yaa Naa of the Kingdom of Dagbon. Located at Nayilifong along the Yendi-Saboba road in Yendi, Gbewaa Palace was named...

that Naa Gbewaa never died but simply vanished into the ground. The shrine was thought to have been built in the 14th century in commemoration of Naa Gbewaa...

Ghana. The current Yaa Naa is Gariba II. The Lion of Gbewaa is the totemic symbol of the Yaa Naa. The Konkomba, Bimoba, Chekosi, Basaari, Chamba, Gurusi...

originally extended to refer to other related peoples who were unified by Naa Gbewaa including the Mamprusi and Nanumba. The Dagomba country is called Dagbon[need...

Blaise Compaoré Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba Inusah Fuseini Fancy Gadam Naa Gbewaa Sherifa Gunu Haruna Iddrisu Maccasio Aliu Mahama Ibrahim Mahama (artist)...

people of Burkina Faso. She was a famous warrior precious for her father, Naa Gbewaa or Nedega, the founder of the kingdom of Dagbon, now in present day Ghana...

Speech of Ya Naa Abukari II at the sod-cutting of the Gbewaa Palace Redevelopment Project". GhanaWeb. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2023-10-25. "Gbewaa palace reconstruction;...

thought that the event took place before the unification of Dagbon by Naa Gbewaa. Naa Gbewaa and his descendants started chieftaincy in Dagbon, Gmamprugu, Nanung...

was a warrior princess, daughter of a Dagbon king, Naa Gbewaa, of present-day northern Ghana. Gbewaa's tomb is located in Pusiga in the Upper East Region...

in northern Ghana. The term Yaa-Naa means "king of strength/power" in the Dagbanli language. It was adopted by king (Naa) Shitobu, and has since been the...

a Yaa-Naa. Gundonaa Hajia Samata Abudu is also the granddaughter of Kachegu Naa who was the daughter and eldest surviving child of Naa Gbewaa (the founder...

presented a wife after slaying a menacing beast that terrorized a community. Naa Gbewaa is a great-grandson of Tohaʒee. "About the Dagomba – Dagomba Dance Drumming"...

by the end of the 19th century. The Kingdom of Dagbon was founded by Naa Gbewaa circa 11th Century. The Kingdom is one of the largest and oldest in modern...

makes the region an ideal destination for investments in steel and iron. Naa Gbewaa Palace, Yendi Hamamat Shea Butter Village Tamale Center for Culture and...

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princess, Yennenga, left her kingdom because of a dispute with her father, Naa Gbewaa, the founder of the Kingdom of Dagbon. This event dates in different oral...

that chooses a new Yaa Naa. The other Kingmakers are Tugurinam and Gomli; who are also courtiers at the Gbewaa Palace, and Gushei Naa; the chief of Gushegu...

tindaanima ruled over these lands before the centralisation of the states by Naa Gbewaa and his descendants. Their historical roles had been religious and spiritual...

Primogeniture, where succession is through the oldest male child. However, Gbewaa did not practise this, as he designated a younger son Foɣu/Kufoɣu to rule...

picking of rice. It involves court clerics, led by the Yidan Moli at the Gbewaa Palace. Rounding of the cow, done by chiefs. The Damba of the King. It involves...

Kingdoms are the earliest political kingdoms of Modern Ghana. Found by Naa Gbewaa, numerous kingdoms such as the Kingdom of Dagbon, Gmamprugu, Nanung and...

was founded by Gmantambo, a son of Naa Gbewaa. The leopard is the emblem of the area, and the seat of the Bimbilla Naa is called the Gmantambo Palace. The...

Yaa Asantewaa Fr Lurssen Werft GmbH & Co 14 July 1983 31 July 2012 Active GNS Naa Gbewaa Fr Lurssen Werft GmbH & Co 22 March 1984 31 July 2012 Active...

Yendi by rail. see Sheini Hills Yendi Airport Yendi Senior High School Gbewaa palace "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the...

feuding factions that occurred at the Gbewaa Palace, Ghana from March 25–27, 2002, and resulted in the killing of Yaa Naa Yakubu II and 40 of his elders. The...

the revered Lion Skins of Yendi (Yaan Naa Gariba II) . After three days of unrest and sporadic violence, Gbewaa Palace, the residence of the king together...

clergy officiating the Damba festival of the Yaa Naa, the king of Dagbon, who resides in the Gbewaa Palace of Northern Ghana. Moliyili means "House of...

He attended Government Teacher's Training College, Pusiga (now called Gbewaa College of Education) where he obtained a Teachers' Training Certificate...